Histological features of symptomatic carotid plaques in patients with impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes (oxford plaque study).
BACKGROUND: Diabetes is associated with an increased risk of incident stroke and both early and late recurrent stroke after transient ischaemic attack. Some small studies have suggested that atherosclerotic plaques from diabetics have a higher prevalence of unstable features than plaques from non-d...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2008
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